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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h3 style=\\\"text-align: center;\\\"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Kanesa Duncan-Seraphin Claims 8th Molokai to Oahu World Paddleboard Championship&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/h3&gt;\\n&lt;p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"&gt;&lt;span&gt; Xcel&amp;#8217;s Kanesa Duncan-Seraphin won her eighth Molokai to Oahu World Paddleboard Championship title this past weekend, making the famed 32-mile crossing in 6 hours, 2 minutes, 45 seconds. Duncan-Seraphin&amp;#8217;s time was less than 10 minutes off her own world record set in 2004, and over an hour ahead of the runner-up women&amp;#8217;s paddleboard finisher, Joanna Bilancieri. Duncan-Seraphin has now won 8 of the 10 total Molokai to Oahu races she has completed.&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8220;It was a fairly fast course, but it was technical,&amp;#8221; Duncan-Seraphin said of the day&amp;#8217;s race conditions. &amp;#8220;The bumps were very close together, and you really had to stay focused.&amp;#8221; &lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"&gt;&lt;span&gt;A disorganized swell plus rough wind and surface conditions tested competitors in both traditional paddleboard and stand-up paddleboard (SUP) divisions. Eight of the 150 athletes that began the crossing did not officially finish. The Ka&amp;#8217;iwi Channel between Molokai and Oahu is regarded as one of the world&amp;#8217;s most treacherous bodies of water. Over 2,300 feet at its deepest point, an average day is marked by strong tradewinds and open-ocean swells of 8 to 15 feet. &lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8220;Congratulations to everyone who finished the race,&amp;#8221; Duncan-Seraphin told Xcel. &amp;#8220;Once again, the Ka&amp;#8217;iwi Channel proved to be a worthy challenge.&amp;#8221; The Molokai to Oahu is considered the world championship of paddleboard racing. In the men&amp;#8217;s traditional paddleboard division, Australia&amp;#8217;s Jamie Mitchell claimed his 9th World Paddleboard title in 4:52:45. Like Duncan-Seraphin, his time was just outside of the world record that he set in 2007. &lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8220;The level of paddling and surfing open ocean waves has gotten so good in the past few years,&amp;#8221; continued Duncan-Seraphin. &amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m proud to have represented Hawaii well, and to have paddled across the channel for the 10th time on my paddleboard.&amp;#8221; &lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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